比利时通胀：10月年通胀升至5.26%创2023年4月以来最高 能源价格同比涨33%
比利时统计局10月29日公布，比利时10月年通胀率升至5.26%，高于9月的4.69%，为2023年4月以来最高。能源价格同比上涨33.22%是本月通胀上行的主要推手，该涨幅也明显高于9月的24.37%和8月的16.47%。
从同比看，电价上涨23.7%，取暖油上涨30.8%，天然气上涨52.5%，车用燃油上涨34.4%。从环比看，天然气价格上涨11.3%，电力上涨8.5%，取暖油上涨8.3%；私人租金上涨1.5%，高等教育学费上涨20.7%，服装上涨2.1%，机票上涨7.2%，度假村与营地价格上涨4.2%。打包度假价格下跌5.1%、酒店价格下跌7.4%，对指数形成下拉。
剔除能源和未加工食品的核心通胀率10月回落至2.8%，低于9月的3.0%。此外，外置存储设备价格同比上涨48.7%，与全球需求激增、硬盘和存储卡短缺有关。
比利时国家通讯社Belga报道称，本轮能源价格涨势与中东战争有关。
Belgium Inflation: Annual Rate Rises to 5.26% in October, Highest Since April 2023 as Energy Prices Jump 33%
Belgium's annual inflation rate rose to 5.26% in October from 4.69% in September, the highest level since April 2023, the national statistics office Statbel reported on October 29. Energy prices, up 33.22% from a year earlier, were the main driver, accelerating from 24.37% in September and 16.47% in August.
Year on year, electricity prices rose 23.7%, heating oil 30.8%, natural gas 52.5% and motor fuels 34.4%. Month on month, natural gas rose 11.3%, electricity 8.5% and heating oil 8.3%, while private rents increased 1.5%, higher education tuition 20.7%, clothing 2.1%, airfares 7.2% and holiday villages and campsites 4.2%. Package holidays, down 5.1%, and hotels, down 7.4%, pulled the index in the opposite direction.
Core inflation, which excludes energy and unprocessed food, eased to 2.8% in October from 3.0% in September. Prices of external storage devices jumped 48.7% year on year amid surging global demand and shortages of hard drives and memory cards.
The Belgian news agency Belga linked the energy surge to the war in the Middle East.
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